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Title: Literary Homelands Related Texts
Post by: hsc.mastero.2019 on May 23, 2019, 03:13:54 pm

Hi everyone,

Does anyone have any good recommendations for related texts for Literary Homelands?

Our prescribed texts are The White Tiger, The Secret River and Burning Rice poetry.

Thank you in advance for any of your suggestions! :)

Title: Re: Literary Homelands Related Texts
Post by: angewina_naguen on June 19, 2019, 05:30:13 pm

Hey, hsc.mastero.2019!

These are my recommendations  ;D I'm not too familiar with your texts but I have some suggestions based on themes. They are also in a variety of forms so you can pick one that best suits you.

Literary Homelands Related Texts

Novel
Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967)
Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet (1991)

Short Story
Ray Bradbury’s The Lake (1944)

Poetry
Peter Skrzynecki’s Postcard (1975)
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge’s Permanent Home (2006)

Film
Arnold Fanck’s The Holy Mountain (1926)
Marie Ferris’ A Sense of Place (2007)

Nonfiction
Langston Hughes’ The Negro and the Racial Mountain (1926)

Hope that helps  :) Do let me know what you decide on using!

Angelina  ;D